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Mental health services are available to Ellsworth County residents: • Central Plains Mental Health Center, Salina, (800) 794-8281. A therapist from the center, which covers Ellsworth and other central Kansas counties, visits Ellsworth two times a week.

The number of suicides in northwest Kansas increased by more than half in recent years. Twenty counties in the region saw suicides climb by 57 percent from 2014 through 2018. That jump comes in a part of the state where people already die by suicide at a higher rate than in the rest of Kansas.

In March, mailboxes across the country will bring an opportunity that only comes around once in a decade – the chance to be counted during the U.S. Census. Getting a complete and accurate count of all the people who live in Northwest Kansas on Census Day, April 1, is important for many reasons.

Randy Fox, Wilson School principal, is all smiles as he gets his head shaved Feb. 20, to fulfill a student challenge at the school. During this past holiday season, Fox challenged his students to collect 300 non-perishable food items for the school.

Local students earn honors More than 6,100 undergraduate students, including four from Ellsworth County, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2019 semester at the University of Kansas. They are: Mara Cunningham, Ellsworth, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Ellsworth Elementary School fourth grade students Brennan Brown and Brooklyn Legette look at student art work Friday afternoon at the Ellsworth Art Gallery.

Ellsworth FFA members Makenna Haas, Olivia Neuman and Macey Homeier make scrambled eggs Feb. 27, during the annual FFA public breakfast in the Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School shop. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter

The following is the rest of the USD 112 story from Page B3 of the Feb. 27 I-R: Sechrist said the committee has decided to wait until May to meet again.

Members of the American Legion Riders gather around the bar area Monday, during the free will donation breakfast to help with improvements on the building. The Legion Riders are also having a March 14 mountain oyster fry which is also by free will donation for building improvements.

From the files of the August 9, 1933 edition of The Wilson World. PUBLIC SALE John Rezabek is advertising all his household goods to be sold at public sale this coming Saturday. Judging from the buyers’ response at other sales of a similar kind, Mr. Rezabek’s goods should sell well. ...